https://www.medsf.org/rss/sierra-leone en https://www.medsf.org/treating-mpox-outbreak-hotspot-sierra-leone Agnes Dama is advising MEDSF on our response to the ongoing mpox outbreak in Sierra Leone. She tells us about the disease and her work. Tue, 08 Jul 2025 08:02:25 +0000 54b1ae75-be1c-49b8-9e74-114c094b7640 https://www.medsf.org/complementing-knowledge-and-skills-medical-staff-sierra-leone The MEDSF Academy for Healthcare in Sierra Leone has trained 345 healthcare workers since 2018, enhancing clinical skills and improving patient care in Kenema district. Tue, 27 May 2025 10:16:27 +0000 0a36408f-7b47-4930-8eaa-edfa669dd5bc https://www.medsf.org/five-things-remember-decade-after-ebola-outbreak-west-africa Ten years after the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, medical doctor and epidemiologist, Dr Michel Van Herp, answers five key questions about the outbreak. Wed, 20 Mar 2024 12:28:29 +0000 5d429fc8-b424-4657-b0b8-789f60dceb36 https://www.medsf.org/helping-pregnant-women-access-timely-healthcare-sierra-leone To address high maternal mortality rates in Sierra Leone, our teams are helping pregnant women access timely and quality maternity services by facilitating transportation and referrals. Wed, 20 Sep 2023 12:31:23 +0000 e0357c6d-9afa-4689-bd2e-c805de3e48f0 https://www.medsf.org/new-hospital-counter-high-mortality-rates On 6 March 2019, Médecins Sans Frontières (MEDSF) welcomed the first patients in its new 63-bed hospital in Hangha town, Kenema district, southeast Sierra Leone. Fri, 14 Jun 2019 16:30:45 +0000 5f43fd95-6e66-4b1c-9149-48ec3ee59a84 https://www.medsf.org/lassa-fever-challenging-disease-diagnose-and-treat Despite affecting up to 300,000 people a year across West Africa, and causing more than 5,000 deaths annually, Lassa fever is a poorly understood disease that is challenging to diagnose and treat. Research is urgently needed to develop more effective and affordable diagnostics and treatments. Fri, 18 Jan 2019 07:30:02 +0000 dca7001f-22e3-490d-b1f1-ee2fad269d58 https://www.medsf.org/sierra-leone-learning-past-preparing-future Paul Jawor, an MEDSF water and sanitation (WATSAN) expert who has been working on the post-Ebola response in Sierra Leone since 2016, recounts the progress he has seen in the Mongo and Kabala regions in the north of the country over the last three years. Tue, 21 Aug 2018 16:26:53 +0000 045cdddc-ec79-4995-8840-e6727499dec7 https://www.medsf.org/winning-people%E2%80%99s-trust-healthcare Over three years after Sierra Leone was declared Ebola-free, people are still reluctant to visit health centres. With maternal mortality among the highest in the world and children dying from malaria and malnutrition, MEDSF is training local staff, providing medical stocks and reaching out to far-flung communities to gain people's trust in the health system. Fri, 27 Jul 2018 11:07:16 +0000 ffa2b4f5-1aa5-4572-8b0f-adc7bca9864a https://www.medsf.org/sierra-leone-msf-supports-communities-hit-hard-mudslide-and-flooding MEDSF is focusing on ensuring people have access to clean water and sanitation facilities, crucial for meeting people’s needs, and preventing outbreaks of diseases. Thu, 24 Aug 2017 13:23:11 +0000 1fb53064-5ec0-4eb9-9f9e-34b0607024a6 https://www.medsf.org/msf-hiv-response-west-and-central-africa-will-not-succeed-if-key-barriers-remain-unaddressed “This is a pivotal opportunity to anchor governments’ efforts... to tackle the many obstacles people living with HIV face every day." Mon, 03 Jul 2017 10:05:40 +0000 5b8826bf-9e07-44e9-bb76-5fd1a5b443da